🚲 Upgrade Your Ride with the SHIMANO HG51 8-Speed Cassette Review

Made in Indonesia. As for the quality of the metal of the cassette, time will tell, outwardly everything is fine in the hands. I managed to order for 2200r on 1.03.22, during the price increase.

I don’t know, I have a double impression . everything is beautiful and branded . but it would be better if the teeth were made of a harder / hardened metal. I remember I had a star on a Soviet bicycle . I skated for about 10 years without obvious deformation of the teeth - such a good metal. Pros: Beautiful, light, does not rust. The brand is hyped. Everything is neatly done. Different cons: Expensive for a not as high resource as we would like. With the new chain, after 1000 km, metal punching

In my experience Shimano doesn't cut corners (which might be cool for pizza but definitely not for bike parts) and as I expected the gearing looks, fits and performs as cute as it looks. Big! I'm glad I waited. Each, although a bit pricey, didn't take long before I forgave the seller for the quality. Take care of each other and PLEASE try to behave. ＼(°o°)／

good transition from 11-34t HG50, chain had to be replaced with new ones but no problem after that. Love it. Too bad I don't have many 11-34ts at the moment but when they stop making high quality Shimano 8 speed parts at least I will have them lol! Much luck. Whoever puts purity as a cassette quantifier - I would put stiffness or inertia. But hey, I only ride 50 mph on a TRAINER or even 50 miles a day on a bike and I don't go to bike shops because they all suck, but what can I know?

I bought this because I am upgrading my bike from 7 to 8 gears. My LBS told me the higher the number ie HG31, HG51, the better the cassette. So I got this and mounted it on my new wheelset. Assembly was easy with the right tools. This is an Alivio cassette and it's light. Slightly surprised at how easy it was. I use it with an Acera rear derailleur and a KMC X8.93 chain. With these components, my bike shifts even better than before and the quality is better than the originals. Great block for…

Excellent smooth shifting. I swapped my entire drive train for the latest Claris groupset and the wheels for Dropps. My bike came with a very strange combination in the OEM drivetrain. I went with the 11-28t cassette and it suits my riding segments perfectly. For the price of the components, I can play around with different cassettes on my 34.50t crankset before deciding to build a mid-range road bike next year. Update: The roads I use are littered with hills between 4% and 10%. I recently…

Bought to replace the cassette on the 2007 Kona Blast. The existing cassette teeth were visibly worn and moved sloppy - perhaps from running 1,400 miles a year on sandy Florida trails. The new part fits great and is exactly what I needed. The full part number on the cartridge is shown as "CS-HG51-8 aw". It came with a snap ring as expected. I installed it with no problems and so far it runs as expected. I am deducting 3 stars as it appears to have a manufacturing defect. There should be 3 pins…

When I say "best gear for hills", I'm trying to get it across... A comparable SRAM cassette jumps from the 32-tooth low gear to the 26-tooth second gear. That's a 6 tooth jump from 1st to 2nd gear! The Shimano cassette increases the number of teeth from 32 to 28 per second. The THIRD gear on the Shimano cassette has 24 teeth compared to 23 teeth on the SRAM. To put it simply, if you're going up a fairly steep hill and second gear is too hard with a SRAM cassette, first gear might be too light…

Shifting isn't particularly quick, but that's due to the large gear jumps - an inherent limitation of the 8-speed. But the build quality is good and the weight is reasonable. Replacement 8-speed cassettes with 11 x 28/30/32 teeth will continue to decrease. I'm pretty sure Shimano replaced that cassette with the HG-41-8 which is lower quality on the smaller sprockets. Shimano's CS-HG31 (for low-cost applications) has a mysterious black finish prone to early rusting. SRAM's PG-850 is lighter, but

Shifting with this cassette seems much better than aftermarket cassettes I've tried on the same bike. I gave five stars because it works great and is cheap. I'm giving it 4 stars in the easy to install category because it would be impossible to call it 5 star easy as changing the cassettes also requires two bike tools (a cassette chain screwdriver and a cassette socket) as well as a torque wrench. If you work enough with bikes to have these tools (like me) then yes, it's easy 5 stars. For…